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Senate Floor Takes Up Iran War Supplemental as War Powers Vote Looms

The Senate opened floor debate Thursday on the Trump administration's $67.4 billion Iran war supplemental, with a separate war powers resolution from Sens. Kaine, Lee and Murphy on a parallel track that leadership now expects to reach a vote by Friday.

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Senate Appropriators Advance Iran War Supplemental as Casualty Toll Tops 350

Senate appropriators moved the $67.4 billion Iran war supplemental out of committee Monday on a 19-9 vote, even as the U.S. service-member death toll passed 350 and lawmakers in both parties pressed for a binding vote on war authority.

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White House Sends $67 Billion Iran War Supplemental to Congress

The Trump administration formally transmitted a $67.4 billion emergency supplemental request to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to fund the ongoing Iran war, setting up a politically explosive vote that will collide with the still-unresolved DHS shutdown and a pending House war powers resolution.

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